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[Lene Pagsuguiron <lpagsugu@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think I missed Bram's post.  Anyway, I'm sorry I forgot to mention this, but 
I am running FAT32.  I thought you couldn't run Win98SE in NTFS (you might be 
able to using Partition Magic, I'm not sure).  I also think I remember that 
with NTFS you get greater security and it manages files better.  Well, it's too 
late, anyway, I don't want to have to format again. Ron, I always save to the 
larger hard drive (which is the default C:).  I constantly remind my sisters 
that if they want to download anything, they have to save it to either the C: 
or D: (the external hard drive).  As for the swap file and PM, I think I read 
in the user manual for PM8 that it doesn't partition external drives?  Or maybe 
I'm thinking removable media?  What are my other options?  I deleted all the 
backup for C:(98SE) that was on the D: (XP), but I see that there is a Program 
Files folder as well that has IE as well as other folders.  If I move that to 
the C folder, all I would have to do is update desktop icons and startmenu 
items?  I think moving that whole folder (Program Files) might give me extra 
room, especially since when I do Disk Cleanup (every night for D), a lot of 
files are in Temp Internet.  What do you think?  Thanks for your help! 
Ron Allen <chizotz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Lene: I see nothing wrong with either re-sizing the 
partition or leaving it as it is. As Bram basically said, 
it depends on how you use your computer. By default, 
Windows will install software to your C:\Program Files 
directory, which is most likely on the same partition. The 
question is, will you have enough room or will you always 
install your programs to another partition? Also, by 
default the Windows "swap file" will be created in the 
root of your boot directory, and that is also a 
consideration because not having enough room for that will 
impact performance. I suggest using PM to create a 
partition for the swap file on a physically seperate drive 
from your boot drive, if you have a physically seperate 
drive to create a partition for this.

HTH,

Ron




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